Buying gold and silver is a regular thing for me. I test my silver and buy from only reputable dealers. In the past of all my orders I have gotten 7 fake silver bars. today I just received another fake bar. This is not the dealers fault but certain countries and manufacturers put in copper fillers in bars to get the weight to a certain ounce. When buying gold or silver bullion please always test it, and buy from dealers that have a return policy.
The smaller bar that is in the plastic is the fake silver bar. My tester that I have shows when I opened it to has different metal in the middle of it and they put silver all around it. the bar is slightly thinker but all measurements put together, the L x W x H and when you get the volume its impossible for the silver to be near its 10 oz silver weight. My scanner says its a copper filling. Now i am not saying that APMEX sold me a fake bar on purpose but a bad bar fell through their cracks and they have an awesome and fast return policy.
I returned the bar and got another a few days later and that one was real. Remember when you buy bullion please check the dimensions and weight to see if you got any fake silver.
thank you for reading and have a wonderful day.
